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单词 gauze
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gauze

noun

ˈgȯz How to pronounce gauze (audio)
1
a
: a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperies
b
: a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing
c
: a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments
2
: haze
gauzelike
ˈgȯz-ˌlīk How to pronounce gauze (audio)
adjective
gauzily
ˈgȯ-zə-lē How to pronounce gauze (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • brume
  • fog
  • haze
  • mist
  • murk
  • reek
  • smog
  • soup
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Example Sentences

He wrapped the wound in gauze. wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers
Recent Examples on the Web In his first business venture, with a prosperous pharmacist named George Seabury, Johnson appropriated the name of Joseph Lister, the British aseptic-surgery pioneer, to sell a line of sterile sutures and gauze. Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 As her behavior grows more and more bizarre, the boys begin to wonder whether the woman beneath the gauze is their mom at all. Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 The patterns are made using gauze, cotton and linen: fresh and light materials that translate the beauty and feel of the Amalfi Coast. Felicity Carter, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Wrap a small white pumpkin with strips of gauze, holding strips in place where necessary with hot-glue. Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 18 July 2022 In the test, the virus couldn't move and was locked in place on a piece of gauze. Bymorgan Korn, ABC News, 26 June 2022 Local hospitals near the border have repeatedly turned away D’Cruz’s clients, asking them to pay astronomical sums for minimal services or requiring them to provide their own equipment — scalpels, sutures, gauze — for C-sections. Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2022 In the Texcell test, conducted in a 45-liter chamber, a piece of gauze saturated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus solution was placed in a petri dish and exposed to the nanoe X technology for two hours. Bymorgan Korn, ABC News, 26 June 2022 Traditional trauma supplies like gauze and tissue glues don’t actually stop bleeding or aid in clotting during an emergency. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French gaze

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

gauze

noun

ˈgȯz How to pronounce gauze (audio)
1
: a thin fabric that allows light to pass through it
2
: loosely woven cotton used as a bandage

Medical Definition

gauze

noun

ˈgȯz How to pronounce gauze (audio)
: a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing

gauze

noun

as in haze
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • haze
  • fog
  • cloud
  • mist
  • soup
  • brume
  • smog
  • smoke
  • steam
  • miasma
  • reek
  • smother
  • murk
  • fume
  • bank
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